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No. 87o 667. PATENTED Nov. 12, 1907.

' P. J. DARLINGTON.

RECORDER.

APPLICATION FILED 00130, 1905.

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PHILIP J. DARLINGTON, OF HINSDALE, ILLINOIS.

nECoRDER Original application filed December 7. 1904,

specification of Letters Patent.

To all whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, PHmP J. DanuNo'roN. a citizen the United States, residing at Hinsdale. in the county of Dupage and State o i Illinois` have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Recorders, of which the following isy a full, clear, concise, and exact description. i

This application is a division of an application filed by me December 7, 1904, Serial No. 235,850, Afor recording machines, and the present invention relates 'to lmechanism for automatically indicating elapsed time upon a record card or sheet. y

The particular object of the present invention is to provide means for recording the elapsed time in such a -inanner that the record may not only be easily read, but may be automatically taken account of by an integratilig or calculating machine, by which tho total elapsed time indicated by a large number of cards may be automatically added.

. It .is a common practice in large workshops to issue to cach workman an operation ticket7 for each piece of Worlcassigned, and to require him to keep a' record oi the time spent on each such job, this record being used as a'basis for computing the shop cost ofthe work.l as well as the pay of the workman.` It has been customary for the Workman to make this record upon la. daily time report, which is handed in each day, the report showing 'the name or number of the workman, the number orv other identification of the job, and the time spent. It has been found. however, that much confusion and loss have occurred, because, among other reasons, of mistakes in calculating the time spent; and such calculation has furthermore involved considerable time vand care. In accordance with the present invention, a machine is provided which the Workman will operate upon starting a piece o work, and again upon finishing the same, and the machine will indicate the elapsed time by two different marks at a distance apart corresponding to the elapsed time, those two marks boing of such a. character 'that they may serve to control the mechanism of an automatic integrating or adding machine. In Patent No, 834,365, issued October 30th, 1906, I have described and claimed a machine by which a large number of such cards containing tho records of elapsed time may be fed through in rapid succession, and the total time indicated by all the cards automatically added, so that the entire time spent on a particular job, or by a particular Workmanx may be quickly and accurately computed. The form ol adding machine described in said other application is adapted to automatically integrate the disv tance between two yholes in different positions upon a card, and the present invention relates to the, machine by which a time. card may be punched with holes, one at starting and one at stopping work, which holes,

Patented Nov. 123, 1907.

Serial llo. 235850. Divided and this application filed October 30. 1905.

Serial No by theirv relative posit-ions, will indicate the time spent.

The preferred orm of the invention will be described indetail by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which i Figure l is a sectional elevation oia time recording machine constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig.`2 is a sectional plan view thereof; -Fig. 3 is a top view of a portion of thetop of the machine showing the operating handle, with an alternative position thereof indicated in dotted lines; Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional elevation showing the time controlled mechanism. Fig. 5 is a detail view of a slidying distance block. y 4

The same reference letters designate the same parts wherever they are shown.

The time card t is intended to be inserted in themachine through a horizontal slitb in the side thereof;

and when in place said card rests upon the bed plate c in such apposition that a traveling punch may be vmoved along the lower edge thereof where a scale is printed; Said scale may be marked off shown in liig. 2, to indicate, say, ten hours time, and the punching mechanism is arranged to be moved over this hour scale by a suitable time controlled mechanism, which is started, for example, at seven oclock in the morning. arrested for an hour at noon, then started again and finally stopped at six oclock in the evening. e l preferably provide two punches upon the same carriage, so as to travel side by side in parallel paths, with means for operating said punches selectively so that a distinction may be nia-de between the punch marks indicating starting and those indicating stopping work. The two punch pins or dies d fl: are mounted in a suitable carrier il which has a slit therein for embracing the edge of the card, the portion o said carrier bclow the card constituting the die plate o the punch,`

and having holes therein registering' with said pins d r1.`

The carrier's arranged to be advanced by a worm shaft dy having screw-thread engagement therewith. Said Worm shaft isarranged to be turned step by step by a ratchet and pawl gear d which is operated by means of a solenoid magnet l in an electriocircuit. Said circuit is arranged to be controlled by a clock-operated switch of any well.v known type. The switch-controlling clock is indicated at d5. A number of recording machines may be all connected on the same controlling circuit, as'indicated, these machines being located atdifferent points in the facwry'.

1n the form of machine herein illustrated, i plunger plate eis provided for' operating the punch pins d d through an interposed block ci, said plate e being; arranged to slide vertically upon uprights e e and ing normally held up by compression springs e2 ei.

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Said plate-c is arranged@ be depressed by four cani levers af a which engage the said plate near the`.corn'ers thereof, said cam levers'being connected to a collar 5f sliding vertically on the .shaft e3 which extends upward' from the central portion of saidplunger plate. A. handie' a, also sliding on. said shaft e3 above the collar e5 serves asa convenient means for depressing said collar, and there'by actuatingthe cam levers a a to depress the plunger platee. The vertical shaft e3 is mounted to turn axially .in the plunger plate e, and the handle avis splined to the' upper end oi said shaft,

' turning the handle the shalt-may be rotated. A crank pin e is carried hyan enlarged headrilthe shalt on the under side of' the plunger plate e, and said crank pin is adapted to engage a sliding block e4l (shown indd-etail in Fig. 5) to shift said block laterally, so as to bring the same above either one or the otherf of the punch pins, according to the. positionzoi the shaft.. r Thus-When' the handle a is'turnedto-the point indicated start (Fig. one of 'the pins'oi the time punch is brought into gear, so to speak, to be operated when the handle a is de'- pressed; and when the `handle is'v turned around to tlie point indicated stop the' otherrpin of the time punch is broughtinto gear. i'

The operation of the device is as follows: The time calrd being inserted inthe slit b ofthe machine until'it rests in the pesi-tion indicated in'Fig. 2, the workman turns the handle a/ of the machine to the start position, and the handle is thendepressed' by a sharp blow to operate the corresponding one of thepunches d d which indicates L"starting time. When vthe handle a is released, lthe springs 'e2 e2 return the plunger plate to its normal position, and' the punch pin o which was op crated is simultaneously retracted by its spring x,

- whereupon the time card is removed and retained by the the day, thef tion, which may be done by turning the shaft d? manlifron1,t11e edge of .cant distance between the tance which.i.ndic ates quantity-the distance along When the work is finished, or atthe end of stopping time is punched in a similar manner, the other punch of the pair having been selected by'turning the handle a to the stop position.

It will be understood that in order to distinguish botwcen the marks'indicating starting and those indiworkman.

-cating stopping time, any desired diilerentiating marking mechanism mayy be employed. I prefer, however, to employ the ltwo punches traveling side by side, as th'e'elapscd/time indicated by the distance between the two'marks is more easily calculated by`an automatic integrating machine.

lt is understood, of course, that each morning thev traveling punch will be returned to its original posially. The relative position of the punches'rl rl upon' the scale marked on the card will always correspond to the hour indicated by the scale, the travel oi the punch boing controlled by the clock mechanism.

Where mentionis made in the specilication or claims to the distance between the'holesor marks in `the record card, means 'not necissarilyr the straight-line dis# tance from hole to hole, but the effective or significant distance indicated by theI relative positions oi' the holes'. Thus a hole or mark may occupy any lateral-` position crosswise of the scale without varying the indication thereby given. ln the card shown one mark is farther the card than the other. The signifiholes therefore is the disthescale between the points indicated bythe holes.

so that by.

, of a' pair of punch pin.

. anism, and means controlled Having described my'invention, I claim as new and 'desire to secure by Letters Patent the following:

1. In a recording machine, the combination with a .traversing carriage and time controlled means for moving the same, of markers operatively mounted on said carriage,

a plunger, and means for bringing either of said markers into operative relation to said plunger,

2. In -a' recording machine, the combination with a traversing carriage, of timecontrol1ed mechanism. for `moving the same, differential marking mechanism, and' a .plunger adapted to set and operate said mechanism.

3. In -a recording machine, the combination with a ca'rd recelveiy-ot a longitudinally moving carriage and time convtroll'edmeruis for moving the same, a punch carried by ,said carriage adapted to engagea card, and means for actuating said punch in any position along lts journey. 4. 'lhe combination with 'a traversing carriage having a slit therein adapted to receive the edge of a card, of time controlled mechanism for moving said carriage relatively to 'said card, a punch pin vmounted in said carriage above the card' receivingslit, a di platebelow the card having a hole,therein registering with said punch, and a plunger block 'located above the p'ath of the punch pin and adapted l `to be depressed to operate said punch pin in any position along its journey.

5. IlL time recorder, the combination with a traversing carriageandtime controlled means for moving the same, pins operatively mounted in said carriage, means for holdingl a ca rd in position to be engaged yby said )punch pins -in any position of said carriage, a\reciprocating plunger able distance block ef and means for interposing thesame between said plunger plate-and the head or either punch 6. In a recorder, the combination: with a traversing carriage and time controlled means for moving the same, of a pair of punches operatively mounted on said carriage, a card receiver adapted to hold a card'in position .to be engaged by either of said punches 'in any position to which said carriage is moved, and means for selectively operating either of Asaid punchesat any time during the travel of said carriage.

7. In a time recorder, the combination wltha punch, of time-controlled means for causing a continuous movement vof said punch along a time card, and a. plunger adapted to successively actuate said punch, in any position thereof; whereby thelapse of time between successive operations- .of said punch is indicated by the distance between the`` citations thereof for turning said screw step by step to. 120

advance said carriage, a punch moved by-said carriage along a record blank, and means for actuating said punch at any point in its journey.

9. In a time recorder, the combination with marking,

mechanism and time-controlled means for causing con..i tinuous relative movement between said marking mechan- -ism and a record blank, an operating handle arranged to reciprocate and also to rotate, selectormechanism for causing a distinction .in the marks of said marking mech-- by the rotation 'of said operating handle for adjusting `said selector mechanism.

10. In va recording'machine, the combination with a pair of markers adapted .to mark a record blank, of time for movingsa'ld car-4 plate e above said punch plus, 'a movcontrolled means for' governing the relative positionl of said markers and record card, and a plunger adapted ln its rotation to render operative one of plunger in its longitudinal movement being adapted to operate the selected marker.

said markers, said In witness whereof, I, hereunto subscribe my name'this 25th (lily 0f OQObel A. 1).,y 1905.

l PHILIP J. DABLINGTON. Witnesses: I

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